North American, UK, Asian regulators press EU on data privacy exemption
Financial watchdogs from North America, Britain and Asia are urgently seeking a formal exemption from the European Union’s tough new […]
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Domain names and WHOIS information in a post-GDPR world
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) having taken effect across the EU on 25 May 2018, this has meant […]
EU Nations ‘Still Breaking The Law On Mass Surveillance’
Campaign groups, NGOs and academics have teamed up to file a series of complaints with the EU over bulk surveillance […]
Territorial scope of the GDPR from a US perspective
The GDPR applies to businesses established in the EU and, under certain circumstances, to businesses based outside the EU. This […]
EU Cybersecurity Plan Aims to Create Single Product Certification
Companies could get products like smart medical devices and connected cars certified by the same standards across all European Union […]
How Facebook and Google push users into sharing personal data
Facebook and Google steer us into sharing vast amounts of information about ourselves, through cunning design, privacy invasive defaults, and […]
EU approaching adequacy deals with Japan and Korea
The EU is currently finalising a trade agreement with Japan – a process that began in March 2015. Since then, […]
Cataloguing GDPR complaints since May 25
A full month has passed since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation went into effect on May 25. Are consumers […]
How to approach DPIAs under the GDPR
The guiding principles of the General Data Protection Regulation stimulate organizations to address the issue of compliance with an approach […]
Brussels seeks to tie UK to European human rights court after Brexit
Brussels is seeking to bind the UK to the European court of human rights – which is entirely separate to […]
Is your company part of the GDPR ‘mobile loophole’?
Europe is leading the way in privacy protection with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). But most companies are not focused […]
The GDPR is on its way towards implementation into French law following a constitutional challenge
The French legislature had been fairly slow in pushing forward with the implementation of the GDPR into French national law. The progress of the Bill had not been without issues.